Politics

ELECTORAL COLLEGE FORMALLY VOTES FOR JOE BIDEN TO BE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES  Electoral College formally chose Biden as nation’s next president, giving him a solid electoral majority of 306 votes and confirming his victory in last month’s election. The state-by-state voting took on added importance this year because of President Donald Trump’s refusal…

The Speaker of the Kano State House of Assembly, Abdulaziz Garba Gafasa and the House Majority Leader, Kabiru Hassan Dashi, have resigned their positions. Member representing Doguwa, Salisu Ibrahim Riruwai, confirmed the resignation of the duo. No specific reason has been given for the decisions. The resignation letters were received at 1:08am Tuesday by the…

The All Progressive Congress, (APC), Chairmanship candidate for Kogi Local Goverment,Hon. Abdulkareem Isah, a.k.a ECOMOG, has described the ongoing LGA election in the state as peaceful. Isah,who casted his vote at Prison Unit in Odaki Ward, Koton karfe in Kogi local government area at about 11 am. The APC candidate also commended the Kogi State…

Doyin Okupe, an ex-aide to former Presidents Olusegun Obasanjo and Goodluck Jonathan, has narrated how aides, family, security details, friends and even allies, influence Presidents’ decision, action or inaction at the Presidential Villa. Okupe gave the narrative while hinting at what may have prevented President Muhammadu Buhari from honouring the invitation by the House of…

Oshiomhole vows,’I Will Never Accept The Position Of APC National Chairman Again’  The immediate past Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr. Adams Oshiomhole, has denied insinuations in some quarters linking him with a recent court action challenging the dissolution of the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party under his leadership. Oshiomhole, in…

A woman brandishes machete during the Bakura by-election campaign in Zamfara State Two ad-hoc staff recruited as Presiding Officers for the December 5 in the State House of Assembly by-election in Zamfara State, have been declared missing. Daily Trust had reported that suspected armed bandits on Saturday disrupted the voting process during the State Assembly…

A former Kano Central Senator, Rufai Hanga, says President Muhammadu Buhari is retaining the Service Chiefs because he is afraid of a coup. Hanga, an ex-member of the House of Representatives, stated this in an interview in an interview with The Sun. The politician recalled that the National Assembly had, on different occasions, advised Buhari…

 Lokoja Local GovermentAll Progressive Congress( APC) on Thursday ,flagged off its Campaign ahead of December 12,2020 local government election,with a called on Governor Yahaya Bello to contest for the 2023 presidential election. Former speaker Kogi state house of Assembly,Rt Hon. Abdulrahman Dangana,who spoke on behalf of former and present serving members from the area, said…

When Aregbesola is the victim By Sola Fasure I cannot just begin to imagine the motivation of Zainab Suleiman Okino seeing her vitriol, extreme passion (albeit misplaced) and the bile in her piece in Premium Times titled ‘Aregbesola: A Godfather’s Excesses’. She tried to cast the Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, as an overbearing…

With four days to Election Day, the political parties are making the final push to drum up support for their candidates. Their strategies have been to reach out to difficult and swing areas and energise their supporters in their strongholds to go out massively and cast their vote on Monday. The combined strength of the…